Ashton made his with lego candy, and Bowen chose suckers.
Then Thursday and Friday were Teacher's Convention so we surprised the boys and took them to Edmonton for a little get away.
Thursday morning we headed up - went to the West Edmonton Mall and did some shopping. Jason was able to buy a new suit and Ashton bought a german coin (he's starting a coin collection). Then we went for a nice supper at Moxies and back to the hotel for swimming and then bed.
Friday morning we headed to the Science Centre for the Harry Potter Exhibit. It was awesome! Unfortunately photography was not allowed so I don't have any pictures. They had tons of memorabilia from the movies. Costumes, wands, Mauraders map, the goblet, statue of dobby and other characters - the list goes on and on. We had paid for the audio tour. You would punch in a number on the remote and you could hear from the actors, costume designers, set makers etc. It was really good.
The boys wanted a souvenir (which were all horribly overpriced I might add) so we got them each a commerative wand.
After spending a few hours at the Science Centre we headed back to West Ed and grabbed some lunch. Then we spent a few hours at Galaxyland. The boys had lots of fun going on rides.
Afterwards we grabbed supper and then to the hotel for more swimming and bed.
Saturday morning the boys decided rather than going to a movie that we had planned on, they wanted to try mini golfing. So we went back to the mall and went mini golfing. The boys had never tried before and did a great job and really liked it. I hadn't mini golfed for years and I really enjoyed it too.
Then we did a bit more shopping. I bought a few more maternity clothes, and the boys got new suits. On the way to Edmonton our little DVD player for the truck had broken so Jason had noticed a sale at London Drugs so we decided to replace it. We ended up getting dual DVD players that can either show the same movie or separate movies and then we bought them dollarstore headphones so we don't need to hear them. It was bliss driving home.
It was a fun family valentine weekend!
What a fun little get away. That does sound like a blissful ride home:) Wish I could see everyone in there new suits at the baptism. I like the Lego Valentine's. I found it hard to find ones that were not to mushy for boys to give their friends. I will have to copy that one next year.
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